The British Museum
Browse

Felt-making tool

Download (1.14 MB)
figure
posted on 2025-06-27, 09:40 authored by Yad Deen
Both the fork-like tool and the wooden stick are used by Salim Ali during his felt-making process. The fork-like tool is used to lay and spread wool on the reed mat and the wooden stick is used to shape the felt.

History

Session

W02

Rights owner

Yad Deen and Renas Babakir

Title alt

کەرەستەی لباد دروستکردن

Description alt

شەن و داری دەق کە سەلیم عەلی بەکاری دەهێنێ لە کاتی دروستکردنی لباد دا. شەن بەکاردێت بۆ دانان و بڵاوکردنەوە بەرگن لەسەر چیخ و داری دەق بەکار دەهێنرێت بۆ دەق کردن و ڕێکخستنی لبادەکە.

Cultural group

Kurdish

Country

Iraq

Place

Kifri, Kurdistan

Item/object

felt-making tools

Materials

Wood

Cultural context/event

General production

Location

Workshop

Date of creation

2023-03-19

Unique ID

2022SG01-W02-0028

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC